Up or Down?
Much has been written about the sinking of the Titanic on its century anniversary. A lot has been true and some folklore.
One story tells of a crewman who told a passenger upon embarkation that, “No one could sink this ship, not even God.”
The liner went down on its first voyage on April 15, 1912, carrying 2,223 passengers. The sinking caused the death of 1,514 of them.
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On the same ship there was a Baptist preacher John Harper. This Baptist minister actually ran around the deck shouting ‘Women and children and unsaved people, get aboard the lifeboats.’
He even took off his life vest and gave it to a man who was not a believer in Jesus Christ. He said: ‘Here, take this. I don’t need it. I’m not going down – I’m going up!’
Harper did not stop evangelizing to a non-believer he encountered while enduring the frigid waters of the Atlantic.
Harper’s last words were ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved.’
A few weeks later in Hamilton, Ontario, that same man said I listened to Harper’s last message and became a believer in Jesus Christ with two miles of water beneath me.”
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When Titanic set sail, there were all kinds of classes and degrees of people on board:
Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class and Third Class!!
But after she had sunk, there were only two classes:
Saved and Lost!!
Think about it…Is our faith unsinkable?
When our physical boat sinks…Are we going Up or Down?
“By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.” – Hebrews 11:7.
Blessed Day!
One story tells of a crewman who told a passenger upon embarkation that, “No one could sink this ship, not even God.”
The liner went down on its first voyage on April 15, 1912, carrying 2,223 passengers. The sinking caused the death of 1,514 of them.
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On the same ship there was a Baptist preacher John Harper. This Baptist minister actually ran around the deck shouting ‘Women and children and unsaved people, get aboard the lifeboats.’
He even took off his life vest and gave it to a man who was not a believer in Jesus Christ. He said: ‘Here, take this. I don’t need it. I’m not going down – I’m going up!’
Harper did not stop evangelizing to a non-believer he encountered while enduring the frigid waters of the Atlantic.
Harper’s last words were ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved.’
A few weeks later in Hamilton, Ontario, that same man said I listened to Harper’s last message and became a believer in Jesus Christ with two miles of water beneath me.”
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When Titanic set sail, there were all kinds of classes and degrees of people on board:
Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class and Third Class!!
But after she had sunk, there were only two classes:
Saved and Lost!!
Think about it…Is our faith unsinkable?
When our physical boat sinks…Are we going Up or Down?
“By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.” – Hebrews 11:7.
Blessed Day!
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